The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11
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⏳5 Decades of Historical Insight
🌍Global Intelligence & Terrorism Analysis
📚Pulitzer Prize Winner
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📖 Unlock the untold story behind 9/11 — because knowing the past is the ultimate power move.
- HUMANIZES KEY FIGURES - Meet the complex personalities behind the headlines, from Bin Laden to FBI heroes.
- REVEALS INTELLIGENCE FAILURES - Understand the critical missteps and bureaucratic rivalries that allowed history to unfold.
- UNPRECEDENTED ACCESS RESEARCH - Based on hundreds of exclusive interviews across multiple countries for unmatched depth.
- FIVE DECADES OF GRIPPING HISTORY - Experience a sweeping timeline from the roots of Islamic fundamentalism to the tragic attacks.
- PULITZER PRIZE WINNING MASTERPIECE - Dive into the definitive, award-winning narrative that reshaped understanding of 9/11.
Lawrence Wright’s 'The Looming Tower' is a Pulitzer Prize-winning, bestselling paperback that offers a meticulously researched, five-decade narrative tracing the rise of al-Qaeda and the intelligence failures leading to 9/11. Combining exclusive interviews and deep historical context, it humanizes key figures and exposes the complex geopolitical and ideological forces behind the attacks, making it essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the origins of modern terrorism.
Specifications
| ASIN | 1400030846 |
| Best Sellers Rank | #6,628 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #108 in World History (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (4,503) |
| Dimensions | 5.13 x 1.29 x 7.98 inches |
| Edition | Reprint |
| ISBN-10 | 9781400030842 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1400030842 |
| Item Weight | 1 pounds |
| Language | English |
| Print length | 540 pages |
| Publication date | August 21, 2007 |
| Publisher | Vintage |
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